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Old 11-12-2011, 06:07 AM   #78
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Originally Posted by 2fast4you View Post
The "also intake?" is a resonator used to make the engine sound less like a vacuum cleaner inside of the cabin; the 1st gen Scion tC had a similar box and it was pointless. The "sound tube" found on the Gazoo AS1 is similar to system found on the new Mustang GT:


I'm presuming the Gazoo engine bay is the more recent design and that Toyota and Subaru are going with the sound tube since it seems to have a better effect than the resonator; I guess we have a little over two weeks to find out for sure.
^ Thought the same. Subarus also have an intake silencer (aka Snorkel) that branches off in the passenger side front fender prior to rerouting back to the intake manifold. Could be something like that.
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